Writer-director Damien Chazelle and breakout star Miles Teller brought 'Whiplash,' which Sony Pictures Classics acquired at Sundance before it wowed crowds at Cannes and the fall festivals, to Sneak Previews, where they got a standing ovation. That hasn't happened since "The King's Speech." The movi...

Over $2.7 million has been awarded since the Film Society’s grant program began in 2009. Such acclaimed films as "Hellion," "Love is Strange" and Academy Award-nominated "Beasts of the Southern Wild" have been recipients of the prestigious prize. Find out which filmmakers made the cut this year.